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Compact Disc CDA66220

£13.99

Recorded in Westminster Cathedral on 26, 27 June 1986
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
MARK BROWN
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
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Front illustration: The Adoration of the Shepherds by Rembrandt (1606-1669)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)

A Ceremony of Carols

CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL, LONDON
JAMES O'DONNELL organ
SIONED WILLIAMS harp
DAVID HILL conductor
Contents:

    A CEREMONY OF CAROLS op 28 [23'51]
    for treble voices and harp
  1. Procession [1'36]
  2. Wolcum Yole! [1'21]
  3. There is no rose [2'30]
  4. That yongë child [2'o1]
  5. Balulalow [1'05]
  6. As dew in Aprille [1'05]
  7. This little Babe [1'30]
  8. Interlude [4'12]
  9. In freezing winter night [3'56]
  10. Spring Carol [1'10]
  11. Adam lay i-bounden [1'10]
  12. Recession [1'52]

    MISSA BREVIS IN D op 63 [8'24]
    for boys' voices and organ

  13. Kyrie [2'05]
  14. Gloria [2'50]
  15. Sanctus and Benedictus [3'23]
  16. Agnus Dei [2'20]

  17. A HYMN TO THE VIRGIN [3'27]
    for double choir

  18. A HYMN OF ST COLUMBA [2'03]
    (Regis regum rectissimi)
    for choir and organ

  19. DEUS IN ADJUTORIUM MEUM... [6'11]
    for unaccompanied choir

  20. JUBILATE DEO IN E FLAT [2'40]
    for choir and organ

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'Not to be missed' (Gramophone)

'The ensemble is superb, the solo work amazingly mature, and the range of tonal coloring a delight. This is an outstanding collection, beautifully and atmospherically recorded' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

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